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@uitrit ytitties etwt @ffice Letters Patent No. 78,136, dated May 19,'1868.

IMPBOVEMNT IN HAY-esmas AND LoADsRs.

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Be it known that we, JOHN RUHL and ELIAL S. HERRINGTON, of Deiiance, in-the county of Defiance, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vSelf-litaking and Loading Hay-Wagon; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description` thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,whieh form u part of this specication, in whichl i Figure 1 represents 'a side elevation, i

Figure 2 a plan view, and A Figure' 3 a plan view of the belt-attachment with the rakingattachment removed. V

The nature of this invention consists in constructinga wagonfbo'dy with a hay-loading apparatus, substan# -tially in the manner hereinafter set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will` now describe its eonstlihction and operation. f i

1 A represents a wagon-body, and B B the wheels. C designates the hounds attached to the axle of the fore wheels. D representszthe tongue, which can be turned back undcrthe wagon7body when desired. E Edesgnate two standards or uprights attached to opposite sides of the body andfirmly held together'by means-of boardsff aud cap-piece g. t h designate two rails or supportssecured to the hinder part of thc bodyQ'ns shown in iig. 1; The object of these rails' is tosupport the hay-loading 'and gathering device. rle le represent two bracesextendrng from the top of the uprights -E E, to which they are fastened 'at a suitable distance below the rails 71. d, and irmly bolted to said rails or supports. To the lower ends of braces k issecured one of the axles upon which work the cylinder Maud hind wheels B B. N represents a lever, having its fulcrum in' rail h. The object of this lever is to operate the slid-epm, as will be more fullyapparent hereafter. Cl'hneslide,

m is confined by means of guides s s, and furnished at its outer end with a slot through which one end of the rodL passes. t represents astop designed .to hold the lever 'in position when the rake-teeth are in or out of p use. zz' represent a series of slats, secured at their upper ends to the braces a aby means of a metal rod,

said rod passing through the slats z' z', 'with vtheir outer ends resting in perforations in braces a a. Theseslats are fastened together in couples by two sets f clamps, as seen'in fig. 2, and provided at their lower ends'with teeth L designates a bar placed a little above and'at right angles with the rails er snppprtsi/z. It. p represents a metal rod, which passes through the rai'ls 7L h, and having its ends bent upward, so thatthey will pass through the ends of bar L and slide m, and thus allow-said har to be operated when desired. V designates a number ofeurvedjmetal rods, the lower ends of which are fastened to bar L, and thc upper end of each isl secured to the clamp which-binds -ea'ch set of slats'together. The slide 1h, it will be observed, is' secured at its outer end to bar L, so that, by theactiou of the lever N, the bar L can be thrown loutward or linward, as the l 'case may require. R represents a'cyl'inder pivoted'to the ,upperV ends of braces F designates an endless belt, which passes around the cylinders M and R.- At'a proper distance apart, `the slats vo o are fastened laterally on the outer surface of belt F. Said slats are furnished with teeth, for the purpose of taking up thc hay when the belt is in motion. Y

The'operation of my machine is as follows: When the wheels are in motion, Vand the slats are in position, the front. ends of teeth jj will be directly under cylinder M, and as the cylinder rotates and gives motion to the belt F, the teeth on the slats o o will take up the hay when gathered by the teethyj, and carry it up over the cylinder R, from whence it will drop into lthe wagonlbody. When the machine 4is to be moved from one part of the field to another, the teeth jj can be elevated out of the way by the action of the leverV N.

What we claim as' new, ahd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y The lever N, slide m, -bar L, and rod p, combined, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we aix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

' JOHN RUHL,

ELIAL S. HERRINGTON. p

Witnesses:

JosLuI Z. HILL, S. F. SUTPHEN. 

